Workday Extend is the platform that enables organizations to build their own applications on top of Workday, while maintaining the same data, security, and user experience. The App Catalog offers a collection of ready-to-use templates and sample apps for common finance and HR scenarios, so you don’t have to start from scratch. This helps you accelerate the development of custom solutions that integrate seamlessly with your existing Workday environment.
The App Catalog is a collection of prebuilt app templates within Workday Extend that organizations use as a starting point for building their own finance and HR applications.
Ready-to-use templates for approval workflows, reports, and more
Native integration with Workday data, security, and user interface
Reusable building blocks that reduce the development time for custom apps

Technology is the foundation; the right experts deliver the real benefits.
An experienced Workday Extend consultant knows which template to use as a foundation and customizes it specifically for your finance or HR challenge, rather than building blindly from scratch.
The specialist understands how Workday's data model, security, and user interface are interconnected, and designs the custom app to integrate seamlessly with existing processes.
By making deliberate choices about which building blocks to reuse, the specialist avoids unnecessary custom code and keeps the app manageable with every new Workday release.